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led married ap cid sea cap'n, who wus
rich. cause she heer from soIae miaeF who
went back thet was killed by blast ~
powder, when twas some feLier Of my
sane name 1 didn't blarae he< one might,
es'I knew twas her fathers d0ln's, gattin
her teN marry hiln-
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what the sea eap'c's name wuss 50 l lost
/ track ~ her
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1 'Dearod tew hev tuFaed black es Il the Sun
/ he'd stopped shinin'. N ct seemed Is quiet
es the grave Ia the guleh Wal, lay thar
tel night fali, not earin' whether l lived
er died, 2 then got aP N went back tew
| camp.
Hello. Perkins, says the boys. 'ye
look cs white IS a chiny plate, n all pet
/ cred cut fiev ye saw a ghost, er whats 5
matter,'
Il wus thet used up thet couldn't
speak. "A when they offered me a hot drink,
colsg't swaller. my throat 'peared tew
BE- swel'ed 50. n 80 / went n lay down
'.Ail that night l lag loo1in' ~ the star
twinkfIn' n wtnkin' like millions Nv eyes
in the sky, n thinkin' nv her es wus some
ricn felIer's wife n not my ieetie gal any
more.
@In the mornin' got few traps tew-
gesher n started of, arfter sayiE' good
bye tew the boys. who WIS dreadful sorry
tew heV me 60 And ever sense I've wan
dered round tell tyFo er three year ago,
when cum back N took up my old urcie's
business, SEEM he had left me the traps /;
ard I've never saw my lcetle tal sense /
think thar Is a likeness between you n
her. he said. turning 20 took at her, and
stopping abruptly as he bcae.d the tears
sire alning down her checks. She had
arisen and was holding out her hands To-
ward aim as she sobbsd out: "Wh-wh-why-
pa-yidl don't We know me, Thankful Pear
son thet wuss / heerd ye wus dead, n
arfter a year l married Cap'n Stoner es
father wanted l should"
They clasped hands and gazed into one
auother's tear-fiiled eyes, not with the
impetuosity o. Youthful passion, but with
the love tempered by the wisdom OF years.
Finally. David broke the silence with:
MY leetIe gall Thaskful - yes, sure
enough Il IS yai ] knowed We want tew
blame Wal. we kin git married yet ef
ye'n hey To peddler (though hev made
consid' able outn the business, arfter an
n broken legged one, ct thet, which VIII
heal. givin' ct time guess.
s'Nebby -catnazzer did me q good turn
when he run agin thet AIR tree, N thro wed
me onter yer sympathAes N the tin war OF
the same tir1e.r
In six weeks time the S9uadunk gossipa
rolled another and swfete- morsei Of thu
end sf their tongues, tor this time them
busy bps chronicied the marriage OF tbs
tin peddler and his .leetle gall who hak
quietly been made one AZ the cottage, viii
no guests but the minister who performed
the ceremony, Eli Hammer, the big gra
cat and Nebuchadnezzer, who stood out
ide in the November Sunshine, nibbling a
tuft OF dead grass, and blinking IN .su
prcme content, over his unusual and pro
tracted holiday.
ANNE II ADAMS.